The Cutest Halloween Tradition to Start With Your Kids
These “boo bags” are as sweet as trick-or-treating.
ByRosdaly Ramirez
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Halloween is here and I’m loving the way parents are getting creative with their celebrations. One of my favorite things to do with my kids is dress up with them—but over the last two years, I’ve also started making fun “boo bags.” They’re budget-friendly and perfect for kids if you don't do trick-or-treating outside.
Photo by Rosdaly Ramirez
So what are “boo bags”? It’s a festive tradition where you secretly leave a treat-filled bag for someone to spread some Halloween cheer.
What to Include in a Halloween Boo Bag:
Here are some popular and fun items to include:
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Treats
- Mini candy bars, lollipops, gummies
- Halloween-themed snacks (Oreos, popcorn balls, etc.)
- Homemade cookies (if delivering to friends or family)
Small Toys & Trinkets
- Glow sticks or glow bracelets
- Stickers or temporary tattoos
- Mini bubbles
- Halloween erasers or pencils
- Slime or putty
Festive Extras (for a friend or neighbor)
- A small candle
- Mini pumpkins or gourds
- Halloween socks
- A spooky face mask
Fun Halloween-Themed Crafts for Kids of All Ages
1. Paper Plate Monsters
- Supplies: Paper plates, paint or markers, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, glue, scissors.
- How-to: Let kids paint their plates with wild colors and glue on silly monster faces using craft materials.
2. Pumpkin Stamping
- Supplies: Apple halves, orange paint, paper, green marker.
- How-to: Dip halved apples in orange paint and stamp onto paper to make pumpkin shapes. Draw on vines and faces.
3. Ghost Handprint Art
- Supplies: White paint, black construction paper, markers.
- How-to: Paint a hand white, press it on black paper, and turn the handprint into a ghost by adding eyes and a spooky mouth.
Easy Halloween Treats to Make with Your Kids
1. Banana Ghosts & Clementine Pumpkins
- Ingredients: Bananas, chocolate chips; Clementines, celery.
- How-to:
- Cut bananas in half and press in chocolate chips for eyes/mouth (ghosts).
- Peel clementines and stick a small celery piece in the top (pumpkins).
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2. Mummy Hot Dogs
- Ingredients: Hot dogs, crescent roll dough, mustard or ketchup.
- How-to: Wrap hot dogs in strips of dough like a mummy. Bake and add mustard dots for eyes.
3. Oreo Spiders
- Ingredients: Oreos, pretzel sticks, candy eyes, frosting.
- How-to: Stick pretzel legs into the cream and glue on eyes with frosting.
How are you celebrating Halloween with your kids? Do you dress up and trick or treat? Or do you buy candy and watch a movie at home?